Pocket case for paper currency



Nov. l0, 1953 Filed Ju'ly 2, 1952 FIG. 3.

O. WEYDENER ET AL POCKET CASE FOR PAPER CURRENCY 2 Sheets-Sheet l 1 I F G 5.

INVENTORs /f/ WILLIAM H. STTHOMAS OTTO 'WEYDENER BY y-M ATTORNEYS Nov. 10, 1953 o. WEYDENER ET A1. 2,658,545

POCKET CASE FOR PAPER CURRENCY Filed July 2,- 1952 2 Shees-Sheel 2 x INVENTORS WILLIAM H. ST THOMAS OTTO WEYDENER ATTORNEYS Patented Nov. 10, 1953 POCKET CASE FOR PAPER CURRENCY Otto Weydener and William H. St.

Gloversville, N. Y., assignors to Thomas, St. Thomas Inc.,

Gloversville, N. Y., a corporationof New York Application July 2, 1952, Serial No. 296,849

5 Claims. l.

This invention relates to pocket cases and, among other objects, aims to provide an improved holder in the form of a folder, provided with a clip for carrying paper `currency and the like adapted to be inserted in a small pocket.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved -paper currency holder of the character described, adapted to be made of leather or similar flexible material and having a binder member securing the hinged ends of the folder members together and carrying a tubular member within which a money holding clip is adapted to be removably inserted.

Another object of the invention is to provide an ornate pocket case of the character described which can be manufactured very economically and which is eiiective in use.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent in the specification, when considered in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a pocket case embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view taken through the hinged end of the pocket case shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a side edge view of the pocket case shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary sectional View, on an enlarged scale, taken on the line 4 4 of Fig. 1; and

Figs. 5, 6, 7, 8 are sectional views, similar to Fig. 4, showing modified forms of the pocket case.

Referring particularly to the embodiment of the invention shown in Figs. l to 4, the pocket case is shown as having substantially identical rectangular leaves IB, which are preferably made of leather or other suitable flexible material hingedly connected together at one end by means of a longitudinally slotted, metal binder tube II,

which grips the hinged ends of the leaves together, as 4clearly shown in Fig. 4.

In accordance with this invention, there is shown an ordinary, U-shaped spring clip I2 mounted side Walls it). It is shown as having its rear leg I3 telescopically and frictionally mounted within the base of a tubular holder I4 which is composed of flexible material, such a-s a strip of leather, folded upon itself and also clamped in the binder tube II between the hinged ends of the leaves IU, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5. Thus, four layers of leather are rmly clamped in the tube slot and the clip is frictionally held in place by the flexible tube I4. The clip extends substanwithin the hinged ends of the leaves or f tially to the bottom edge of the case, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, so that money bills can easily be slidably inserted in the clip across the middle within the coniines of the leaves or side walls, as clearly shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2.

Referring to the modification shown in Fig. 5, the two leaves Ill are shown as being made of a single rectangular piece of flexible material, such as leather, folded upon itself, with the folded end lportion gripped in the slot of the binder tube II. In other respects, the pocket case is identical with the form shown in the other figures.

In Fig. 6, the leaves I l] are shown as being made of separate pieces stitched together by spaced parallel rows of stitches I 5 and I 6, the stitches I5 being spaced from the end edges of the leaves and the split tube II being clamped on the leaves along that row of stitches. The spaced rows of stitches provide a tubular portion l1 between them for the reception of the rear leg I3 of the clip I2, with the legs of the clip straddling the line of stitches I6.

In Fig. 7, the leaves I Il are shown as being made of a single piece of sheet material which is reversely bent at its hinged end to provide a tubular portion I 8 to receive the clip I2. The binder tube II thus grips four thicknesses of the leaves, as shown.

In Fig. 8, the leaves same as those shown in iication, a lining I9 thin, Flexible I0 are shown as being the Figs. 1 to 4. In this modimade of a single piece of sheet material, such as leather, is adhesively or otherwise secured to the inner faces of the leaves. The hinged end of the liner sheet is bent inwardly between the leaves, as shown, to provide a tubular pocket 2E when the leaves are gripped in the metal tube Il. The spring clip I2 is carried in the tubular pocket formed by the lining sheet.

From the foregoing description, it will be obvious that the improved pocket case can be manufactured very economically with a minimum number of parts and that it is compact in construction and paper currency and the like for convenient insertion and removal.

Obviously, the invention is not restricted to the Iparticular embodiments thereof herein shown and described.

What is claimed is:

1. A holder for paper currency and the like, comprising in combination, a binder element; a pair of exible, substantially rectangular leaves gripped and hingedly connected at one end porwell adapted for carryingI ordinary tion in the binder element; a small tubular member carried by said binder element, said tubular member having a bore extending longitudinally of said binder element and positioned between said leaves adjacent to the hinged portions thereof; and a U-shaped clip having one leg mounted in the base of said small tubular member and its other leg positioned between said leaves.

2. A holder for paper currency and the like,

as set forth in claim l, wherein the rectangular leaves are made of separate pieces of flexible material and the small tubular member carrying the clip is made of a separate piece of flexible material gripped in the binder element.

3. A holder for paper currency and the like, as set forth in claim 1; wherein the two leaves are composed of a single piece of flexible material; and wherein the small tubular member carrying the U-shaped clip is made of a folded strip of exible material also gripped in the binder element between the inner end portions of the leaves.

4. A holder for paper currency and the like, as set forth in claim 1, wherein the rectangular leaves and the small tubular member carrying the clip are made of a continuous strip of flexible material folded inwardly upon itself; and the binder element is in the form of a slotted metal tube.

5. A holder for paper currency and the like, as set forth in claim 3, wherein the flexible strip forming the small tubular member carrying the clip is made of one piece providing an inner lining for both of said leaves.

OTTO WEYDENER. WILLIAM H. ST. THOMAS.

References Cited in the le 0f this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,197,314 Wells Sept. 5, 1916 2,455,515 Miller Dec. 7, 1948 2,595,945 Hirschfelder May 6, 1952 2,597,967 Anderson May 27, 1952 

